{"id":29,"date":"2025-03-10T15:12:09","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T15:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/?post_type=news-item&#038;p=29"},"modified":"2026-02-17T15:32:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T15:32:53","slug":"in-memory-of-dr-kanayo-nwanze-a-champion-for-agriculture-and-food-security-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/in-memory-of-dr-kanayo-nwanze-a-champion-for-agriculture-and-food-security-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00c0 la m\u00e9moire du Dr Kanayo Nwanze : Un champion de l'agriculture et de la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 alimentaire en Afrique"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Le&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/\">Institut International d'Agriculture Tropicale (IIAT)<\/a>&nbsp;se joint \u00e0 la communaut\u00e9 mondiale de l'agriculture et du d\u00e9veloppement pour pleurer le d\u00e9c\u00e8s du Dr Kanayo F. Nwanze, ancien pr\u00e9sident de la&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ifad.org\/en\/\">Fonds international de d\u00e9veloppement agricole (FIDA)<\/a>&nbsp;et une figure imposante dans la transformation agricole de l'Afrique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Le Dr Nwanze a consacr\u00e9 sa vie \u00e0 l'am\u00e9lioration des moyens de subsistance des petits exploitants agricoles, \u00e0 la promotion de pratiques agricoles durables et \u00e0 l'encouragement de l'engagement des jeunes dans l'agroalimentaire. Son leadership au FIDA a \u00e9t\u00e9 essentiel pour orienter les politiques et les investissements qui ont permis aux communaut\u00e9s rurales, assur\u00e9 la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 alimentaire et favoris\u00e9 les opportunit\u00e9s \u00e9conomiques pour des millions de jeunes en particulier \u00e0 travers le continent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"820\" height=\"411\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Dr-Kanayo-Nwanze.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Dr-Kanayo-Nwanze.jpeg 820w, https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Dr-Kanayo-Nwanze-300x150.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Dr-Kanayo-Nwanze-768x385.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La relation qu'il entretenait avec l'IITA \u00e9tait ancr\u00e9e dans une vision commune de l'innovation et de la transformation agricoles, ainsi que de l'engagement des jeunes en Afrique. Au fil des ans, le Dr Nwanze a travaill\u00e9 en \u00e9troite collaboration avec la direction de l'IITA, soutenant des initiatives qui ont eu des impacts durables sur les syst\u00e8mes alimentaires, l'engagement et l'emploi des jeunes, la r\u00e9silience climatique et le d\u00e9veloppement rural. Son engagement en faveur de l'autonomisation des jeunes a \u00e9t\u00e9 particuli\u00e8rement remarquable, car il a soutenu des programmes qui ont encourag\u00e9 les jeunes Africains \u00e0 consid\u00e9rer l'agriculture comme une voie professionnelle viable et rentable gr\u00e2ce au programme \"Youth in Agribusiness\" de l'IITA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c Le Dr Nwanze \u00e9tait un leader visionnaire qui croyait au pouvoir de la recherche et de l'innovation pour stimuler le d\u00e9veloppement agricole. Son soutien ind\u00e9fectible \u00e0 la mission de l'IITA et son plaidoyer acharn\u00e9 en faveur des jeunes, des petits exploitants agricoles et des communaut\u00e9s rurales resteront dans les m\u00e9moires comme un h\u00e9ritage de transformation \u201d, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 le Dr Simeon Ehui, Directeur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de l'IITA et&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cgiar.org\/\">CGIAR<\/a>&nbsp;Directeur r\u00e9gional pour l'Afrique continentale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ses contributions au paysage agricole africain s'\u00e9tendent bien au-del\u00e0 des politiques et de la recherche. Le Dr Nwanze \u00e9tait un mentor, un leader et un fervent d\u00e9fenseur du d\u00e9veloppement inclusif. Son impact continuera d'inspirer les futures g\u00e9n\u00e9rations de leaders et de d\u00e9cideurs agricoles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">L'IITA pr\u00e9sente ses plus sinc\u00e8res condol\u00e9ances \u00e0 la famille, aux amis et aux coll\u00e8gues du Dr Nwanze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Son h\u00e9ritage demeurera \u00e0 jamais une force directrice dans la qu\u00eate d'une Afrique s\u00fbre sur le plan alimentaire et prosp\u00e8re.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cgiar.org\/news-events\/news\/cgiar-mourns-the-loss-of-dr-kanayo-f-nwanze\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Le CGIAR pleure la perte du Dr Kanayo F. Nwanze \u2013 CGIAR<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)\u00a0joins the global agricultural and development community in mourning the passing of Dr Kanayo F. 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